Sum of graphs of continuous functions and boundedness of additive operators

Assume that and are uniformly continuous functions, where D₁,D₂⊂X are nonempty open and arc-connected subsets of a real normed space X. We prove that then either f and g are affine functions, that is f(x)=x^∗(x)+a and g(x)=x^∗(x)+b with some x^∗∈X^∗ and a,b∈R or the algebraic sum of graphs of functions f and g has a nonempty interior in a product space X×R treated as a normed space with a norm .     

Weighted Davenport’s constant and the weighted EGZ Theorem

Let G^∗,G be finite abelian groups with nontrivial homomorphism group . Let Ψ be a non-empty subset of . Let D_Ψ(G) denote the minimal integer, such that any sequence over G^∗ of length D_Ψ(G) must contain a nontrivial subsequence s₁,…,s_r, such that for some ψ_i∈Ψ. Let E_Ψ(G) denote the minimal integer such that any sequence over G^∗ of length E_Ψ(G) must contain a nontrivial subsequence of length |G|,s₁,…,s_|G|, such that for some ψ_i∈Ψ. In this paper, we show that E_Ψ(G)=|G|+D_Ψ(G)−1.     

Asymptotics of the norm of elliptical random vectors

In this paper we consider elliptical random vectors in R^d,d≥2 with stochastic representation , where R is a positive random radius independent of the random vector which is uniformly distributed on the unit sphere of R^d and A∈R^d×d is a given matrix. Denote by ‖⋅‖ the Euclidean norm in R^d, and let F be the distribution function of R. The main result of this paper is an asymptotic expansion of the probability for F in the Gumbel or the Weibull max-domain of attraction. In the special case that is a mean zero Gaussian random vector our result coincides with the one derived in Hüsler et al. (2002) [1].     

Carleson measure problems for parabolic Bergman spaces and homogeneous Sobolev spaces

Let be the space of solutions to the parabolic equation having finite norm. We characterize nonnegative Radon measures μ on having the property , 1≤p≤q<∞, whenever . Meanwhile, denoting by v(t,x) the solution of the above equation with Cauchy data v₀(x), we characterize nonnegative Radon measures μ on satisfying , β∈(0,n), p∈[1,n/β], q∈(0,∞). Moreover, we obtain the decay of v(t,x), an isocapacitary inequality and a trace inequality.     

Standing waves for supercritical nonlinear Schrödinger equations

Let V(x) be a non-negative, bounded potential in RN, N?3 and p supercritical, . We look for positive solutions of the standing-wave nonlinear Schrödinger equation Δu−V(x)u+up=0 in RN, with u(x)→0 as |x|→+∞. We prove that if V(x)=o(⁻²|x|) as |x|→+∞, then for N?4 and this problem admits a continuum of solutions. If in addition we have, for instance, V(x)=O(|x|^−μ) with μ>N, then this result still holds provided that N?3 and . Other conditions for solvability, involving behavior of V at ∞, are also provided.     

Convolution of discrete measures on linear groups

Let p,q∈R such that 1<p<2 and . Define

(∗)     

Existence of sign-changing solutions for semilinear singular elliptic equations with critical Sobolev exponents

We consider the semilinear elliptic problem in Ω, u=0 on ∂Ω, where 0∈Ω is a smooth bounded domain in RN, N?4, , is the critical Sobolev exponent, f(x,⋅) has subcritical growth at infinity, K(x)>0 is continuous. We prove the existence of sign-changing solutions under different assumptions when Ω is a usual domain and a symmetric domain, respectively.     

Hardy-Sobolev-Maz'ya type equations in bounded domains

We study the regularity, Palais-Smale characterization and existence/nonexistence of solutions of the Hardy-Sobolev-Maz'ya equation in a bounded domain in RN where x∈RN is denoted as x=(y,z)∈Rk×RN−k and . We show different behaviors of PS sequences depending on t=0 or t>0.     

Spectral conditions for admissibility of evolution equations in Hilbert space

We study properties of solutions of the evolution equation , where B is a closable operator on the space AP(R,H) of almost periodic functions with values in a Hilbert space H such that B commutes with translations. The operator B generates a family of closed operators on H such that (whenever eiλtx∈D(B)). For a closed subset Λ⊂R, we prove that the following properties (i) and (ii) are equivalent: (i) for every function f∈AP(R,H) such that σ(f)⊆Λ, there exists a unique mild solution u∈AP(R,H) of Eq. (∗) such that σ(u)⊆Λ; (ii) is invertible for all λ∈Λ and .     

Generalized homothetic biorders

In this paper, we study the binary relations R on a nonempty N^∗-set A which are h-independent and h-positive (cf. the introduction below). They are called homothetic positive orders. Denote by B the set of intervals of R having the form [r,+∞[ with 0<r≤+∞ or ]q,∞[ with q∈Q_≥0. It is a Q_>0-set endowed with a binary relation > extending the usual one on R_>0 (identified with a subset of B via the map r?[r,+∞[). We first prove that there exists a unique map Φ_R:A×A→B such that (for all and all ) we have Φ(mx,ny)=mn⁻¹⋅Φ(x,y) and . Then we give a characterization of the homothetic positive orders R on A such that there exist two morphisms of N^∗-sets satisfying . They are called generalized homothetic biorders. Moreover, if we impose some natural conditions on the sets u₁(A) and u₂(A), the representation (u₁,u₂) is “uniquely” determined by R. For a generalized homothetic biorder R on A, the binary relation R₁ on A defined by is a generalized homothetic weak order; i.e. there exists a morphism of N^∗-sets u:A→B such that (for all ) we have . As we did in [B. Lemaire, M. Le Menestrel, Homothetic interval orders, Discrete Math. 306 (2006) 1669-1683] for homothetic interval orders, we also write “the” representation (u₁,u₂) of R in terms of u and a twisting factor.     

The topology of the monodromy map of a second order ODE

We consider the following question: given A∈SL(2,R), which potentials q for the second order Sturm-Liouville problem have A as its Floquet multiplier? More precisely, define the monodromy map μ taking a potential q∈L²([0,2π]) to , the lift to the universal cover of SL(2,R) of the fundamental matrix map ,

     

A priori estimate for a family of semi-linear elliptic equations with critical nonlinearity

We consider positive solutions of on B₁ (n?5) where μ and K>0 are smooth functions on B₁. If K is very sub-harmonic at each critical point of K in B2/3 and the maximum of u in is comparable to its maximum over , then all positive solutions are uniformly bounded on . As an application, a priori estimate for solutions of equations defined on Sn is derived.     

A new class of function spaces connecting Triebel-Lizorkin spaces and Q spaces

Let s∈R, τ∈[0,∞), p∈(1,∞) and q∈(1,∞]. In this paper, we introduce a new class of function spaces which unify and generalize the Triebel-Lizorkin spaces with both p∈(1,∞) and p=∞ and Q spaces. By establishing the Carleson measure characterization of Q space, we then determine the relationship between Triebel-Lizorkin spaces and Q spaces, which answers a question posed by Dafni and Xiao in [G. Dafni, J. Xiao, Some new tent spaces and duality theorem for fractional Carleson measures and Qα(Rn), J. Funct. Anal. 208 (2004) 377-422]. Moreover, via the Hausdorff capacity, we introduce a new class of tent spaces and determine their dual spaces , where s∈R, p,q∈[1,∞), max{p,q}>1, , and t^′ denotes the conjugate index of t∈(1,∞); as an application of this, we further introduce certain Hardy-Hausdorff spaces and prove that the dual space of is just when p,q∈(1,∞).     

Sign-changing solutions for elliptic problems with critical Sobolev-Hardy exponents

Let be a smooth bounded domain such that 0∈Ω, N?7, 0?s<2, 2∗(s)=2(N−s)/(N−2). We prove the existence of sign-changing solutions for the singular critical problem −Δu−μ(u/|x|2)=(|u|2∗(s)−2/|x|s)u+λu with Dirichlet boundary condition on Ω for suitable positive parameters λ and μ.     

Cubic residues and binary quadratic forms

Let p>3 be a prime, u,v,d∈Z, gcd(u,v)=1, p?u²−dv² and , where is the Legendre symbol. In the paper we mainly determine the value of by expressing p in terms of appropriate binary quadratic forms. As applications, for we obtain a general criterion for and a criterion for εd to be a cubic residue of p, where εd is the fundamental unit of the quadratic field . We also give a general criterion for , where {Un} is the Lucas sequence defined by U₀=0, U₁=1 and Un+1=PUn−QUn−1 (n?1). Furthermore, we establish a general result to illustrate the connections between cubic congruences and binary quadratic forms.     

Existence of fast positive wavefronts for a non-local delayed reaction-diffusion equation

We establish the existence of a continuous family of fast positive wavefronts u(t,x)=?(x+ct), ?(−∞)=0, ?(+∞)=κ, for the non-local delayed reaction-diffusion equation . Here 0 and κ>0 are fixed points of g∈C²(R₊,R₊) and the non-negative K is such that is finite for every real λ. We also prove that the fast wavefronts are non-monotone if .     

Groupoid normalizers of tensor products

We consider an inclusion B⊆M of finite von Neumann algebras satisfying B^′∩M⊆B. A partial isometry v∈M is called a groupoid normalizer if vBv^∗,v^∗Bv⊆B. Given two such inclusions Bi⊆Mi, i=1,2, we find approximations to the groupoid normalizers of in , from which we deduce that the von Neumann algebra generated by the groupoid normalizers of the tensor product is equal to the tensor product of the von Neumann algebras generated by the groupoid normalizers. Examples are given to show that this can fail without the hypothesis , i=1,2. We also prove a parallel result where the groupoid normalizers are replaced by the intertwiners, those partial isometries v∈M satisfying vBv^∗⊆B and v^∗v,vv^∗∈B.     

On a property of plane curves

Let γ:[0,1]→²[0,1] be a continuous curve such that γ(0)=(0,0), γ(1)=(1,1), and γ(t)∈²(0,1) for all t∈(0,1). We prove that, for each n∈N, there exists a sequence of points Ai, 0?i?n+1, on γ such that A₀=(0,0), An+1=(1,1), and the sequences and , 0?i?n, are positive and the same up to order, where π₁, π₂ are projections on the axes.